Engineer

Company Summary Statement

Rhode Island Energy provides essential energy services to over 770,000 customers across Rhode Island through the delivery of electricity or natural gas. Our team is dedicated to helping Rhode Island customers and communities thrive while supporting the transition to a cleaner energy future. Rhode Island Energy is part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient, and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.
Overview

Rhode Island Energy is seeking an Electrical Engineer to provide technical expertise and engineering to ensure effective delivery of load or generation interconnection studies aligned with Electrical Engineering objectives. Engineering objectives include, but are not limited to, compliance with loading criteria, voltage criteria, protection/coordination/fault current criteria, reliability criteria, asset condition evaluations, arc flash evaluations, and reactive power flow evaluation. This position will also draft technical Impact Studies covering the analysis in the areas mentioned in this overview.

This position is open to entry level Engineers but will be filled at the appropriate Engineer level based on the successful candidate's background and experience. #RIE #INDRIE

Responsibilities

• Conduct engineering studies, analysis, and investigations, under supervision, in order to determine issues associated with specific DER and load interconnection applications and recommend corrective action to prevent problems.
• Independently gather, model, and analyze data using pre-determined tools to perform the engineering studies.
• Plan, organize, and execute the engineering studies efficiently and in line with relevant policies and processes.
• During the studies, communicate with internal and external stakeholders to provide status, preliminary findings, and final results.
• Participate in department reviews to improve modeling and analysis techniques for all criteria and evaluations, particularly in relation to customer interconnections.
• Support government and regulatory data requests and filing, particularly in relation to customer interconnections.
• Prepare/develop protection models using ASPEN or CAPE software.
  • Analyze/recommend protective device coordination and equipment interrupting ratings.
  • Analyze grounding, anti-islanding, fault sensitivity, and transient conditions for interconnections.
  • Review customer protection scheme and verify acceptable settings for energization.
• Prepare/develop three-phase balanced load flow models using PSSE software.
• Prepare/develop unbalanced three-phase radial distribution models using CYME software.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Successful applicants will have earned electrical or mechanical engineering degree
• Electrical Engineer preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in an electrical engineering environment, preferably a utility.
• Good written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of distribution line design, substation design and protection, controls & integration, and metering schemes.

This role be filled based on the successful candidate's qualifications, background and experience.

Engineer

• ABET Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology

Support Engineer

• ABET Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
• 2+ years engineering experience

Senior Engineer

• ABET Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
• 5+ years of professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of distribution protection schemes. ASPEN or CAPE software experience preferred.
• Ability to perform distribution load flow analysis. PSSE and/or CYME experience preferred.